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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Applicant:
Stmicroelectronics, Inc., Coppell, TX (US);
Inventors:
Oleg Logvinov, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Aidan Cully, Bayonne, NJ (US);
James D. Allen, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics, Inc., Coppell, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04W 40/10 (2009.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/10 (2013.01); H04L 41/0833 (2013.01); H04L 43/08 (2013.01); Y04S 40/162 (2013.01); Y04S 40/168 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, a network device includes a network controller and at least one network interface coupled to the network controller that includes at least one media access control (MAC) device configured to be coupled to at least one physical layer interface (PHY). The network controller may be configured to determine a network path comprising the at least one network interface that has a lowest power consumption of available media types coupled to the at least one PHY.